Ina Unity Session HearticalFM 2023

 

 

Ina HearticalFM Unity Session 6 May 2023

May 6 was a reggae carnival on www.hearticalfm.com as the station celebrated its 3rd anniversary >>> onwards into year four >>> over 16 hours of non-stop music from over 20 selectors & hosts FYA! A good time was had by all, strictly level vibes with great listener numbers throughout. To everyone involved we give thanks

 

Somebody told me that the bigwigs were holding a big bash down in London on that same day, patting themselves on the back & rolling out all the paraphernalia of oppression for the world to see. Well wi naggo check alla dat seen .. gimmi a conscious reggae music all day session and a big sack of 'erbs any time!

For my contribution this time I just played some old favorites. LLOYD BROWN, LUCIANO, COCOA TEA, VC, BARRINGTON, DB, GARNETT you get the vibe...

 

 

 

Living Off Grid - The Farewell Rewind Show

 

My farewell session on www.hearticalfm.com Oct 2021
My wife & I are off to live on some farmland in our caravan here in Yorkshire. We'll be living on solar so its gonna take us some time to get sorted for more live broadcasting. We are pleased to have begun this exciting new chapter!

 

A final roots reggae selection of personal favorites with some special significance to me right now. Its an opportunity to send out my thanks & appreciation to you all & make my dedications. Big love to the whole hearticalfm family, mixcloud posse, twitter & facebook crews and of course all blog visitors... you've all humbled I&I seen!

ONE LOVE & GUIDANCE MY FRIENDS ...until next time HOLD U MEDI EVER BLESS

Special thanks to Mr. RSR & Mr. BT (dedi comes late on in the session) 

Continuous mix 1hr 40

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Its A Botanical Roots...

 

Mid-80's roots reggae classics

Selection of blazing roots & pre-digital dancehall from the years following Bob's passing when international reggae artists still enjoyed mainstream popularity. Luminaries like Black Uhuru, Sly & Robbie, Peter Tosh, Barrington Levi, Junior Reid, Half Pint, Ini Kamoze, Aswad, Misty In Roots, Freddie Mcgregor & Sugar Minott lead the way.. 

A really exciting period in the annuls of reggae music

 

 

Continuous mix 2 hours

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Anyone remember Black Beat International?

I subscribed to this monthly magazine from my local newsagents as a youthman in the mid-80's - a vital link, keeping me in touch with what was happening stuck up there in rural Northumberland. It also came with superb full page posters & centrefolds to help cover my walls haha.. A glossy alternative to the weekly Black Echoes newpaper BBI likewise covered all forms of music of black origin and while not quite matching Echoes for depth of coverage, it was a pleasing, wonderfully presented publication that looked fab up there on the shop shelves back then in the golden era of printed media. Just seeing all these covers again brings it all back... So salute Black Beat International!

Freddie Mcgregor Dennis Brown & Horace Andy early 45s at Studio One

 

Spotlighting the emergence of three reggae superstars at Coxsone Dodd's Studio One

FREDDIE MCGREGOR DENNIS BROWN & 

HORACE ANDY

Charting the singers earliest singles 1965 to 1973 along with many interesting b-sides

 

Continuous mix 2 hours

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 Freddie Mcgregor, known as Little Freddie, started out on harmonies with vocal group The Clarendonians from the age of 9 and also as half of the duo Fitzy & Freddie (both with Ernest Wilson) through the second half of the 60s. He went on to have his greatest successes later in the 1970s, notably with the Bobby Babylon & I Am Ready LPs. He continued to work with Dodd into the 1980s.

Another juvenile star Dennis Brown voiced No Man Is An Island back in 1969 at 12 years old. He stayed on at Brentford Road until 1972 and much of his work from that time was compiled into 2 Studio One LPs, No Man Is An Island & If I Follow My Heart.

Horace Andy got his breakthrough in 1970 aged 19, going on to have a string of hits with Dodd through the first half of the 70's most of which are spread over three LPs, including the essential Skylarking.

Friday Night Rewind on hearticalfm.com 14 May 2021

 

 

 

Kill Dem With Good Vibrations...

 

   

Kill dem with love inspiration, good good vibration, love in our nation...

Thanks & praise for living every day

Trust in the father along life's way

That good things will come our way and I'll be a strong man one day

For the good things you do will always live with you

The bad things you do will surely follow you... to the end I say now

Kill dem with it - love inspiration, good good vibration, love in our nation...

 

Show me love & I'll give you respect

End of the day you won't regret it

Still I pray to Jah every day that you make me a strong man I say

Freddie Mcgregor

 

Continuous mix 2 hours

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Positive selection from the dawn of the 1990s with some superb performances, particularly from Freddie Mcgregor, Gregory Isaacs, Dennis Brown, Jack Radics & Barrington Levy. Rasta still deh bout... The upswing in street violence a yard at that time inspired a string of really strong 'reality' lyrics, planting the seeds that eventually led to the so called 'new roots revolution' in the years to follow. 

In the ghetto man & man have to function yeah

with a little or no education 

with no form of employment

and that's the cause of miscontent

But we nah kill rudeboy, we raise dem..

Cos' each & every one is a part of the problem 

The name of the game is survival

In a society that turns us all into criminals

I watch them grow and I watch them die

As some people laugh and I see some cry

Gregory Isaacs

 Featuring several Castro Brown productions (New Name Music) taken from the Super Star Line Up LP 1991 & Jack Radics' essential Radical album from 1992

Michael Prophet, Anthony Johnson, Ken Boothe, Gregory & Cornell Campbell all recreate their classics in a fresh style for the 90's. Find Yourself by soca star Baron rides a solid dancehall rhythm and is just amazing. Introducing rising star Garnett Silk...

Friday Night Rewind show on hearticalfm.com 

31 April 2021
 

Random Early 1980s Roots-Dancehall Selection From the Vaults

Friday Night Rewind on hearticalfm.com August 2020

 Dipped into my 80s box for this session.

Essentially early 80s roots-dancehall vibes, many in a discomix style - vocal/dub/deejay - bit of a lovers flavour in parts.

Continuous mix 2hrs

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Nuff respect & affection fi mi old friend, local Bradford sound system legend Papa Tiny. He passed away a few years ago now but wi haffi fly him flag still seen! His cut on the Shank-I-Sheck is stunning - Cooperation Between Black & White. Angela Baby made it to #2 in the UK reggae chart in 1982 (as he liked to remind us all hehehe) a bubble she a bubble she a bubble...

The big man is well remembered.

Two tracks each from the Maccabees Universal Showcase LP 1985 produced by Keith Wint, King Sounds' There is a Reward 1985 & Peter Broggs' Rastafari Liveth 1982. Also a pair of Dennis Browns on Taxi. Early tracks by Edi Fitzroy, Vivian Jones & The Uplifter. Greensleeves 1983 12'' If I Had Known/Welfare People by the great Ken Boothe.

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Early 80s Roots Rock Reggae - Final Show on Rastfm

Really really sad to leave rastfm. The past 3 years have been a privilege and a joy but comes a time... 
Its marked a golden era for us all & the station will long live in our hearts...❤️💛💚
Finishing with a bang, this is a selection of early-mid 80s ROOTS ROCK REGGAE. Nuff favorites from my early youth
No real surprises here, just a whole heap a big tune Vocal & dubwise

Continuous mix. 2 hours

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 Personally the mission isn't over, just opening a new chapter. Siamrootsical ain't done here yet...

A big thanks to all listeners and reggae-ites everywhere.
ReggaeSoulLover hear this....

Blessed love 💚💛❤️

We Remember Bob Andy Tribute

Respect to Keith 'Bob Andy' Anderson OD
1944-2020
A selection of his music sung by various artists
...feel the soul....
Friday Night Rewind Show on rastfm.com 3 April 2020

Continuous mix 2 hours

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 Bob Andy songs have been performed by a host of artists in all eras. Bob's early compositions and arrangements of pop songs into reggae were widely used by many of his contemporaries at Studio One and became reggae standards that have since been covered in every decade. Tracks like Going Home, Feeling Soul, Sun Shines For Me, I Got To Go Back Home, I Don't Want To See You Cry, Desperate Lover & Too Experienced have been covered countless times already (in fact most of the tracks on his Songbook compilation LP, Studio One)

Two albums of special interest: Bob Andy & Friends - Songs of Bob Andy (Jove 1993) is a UK-led effort created by the likes of Gussie P, Mad Proffessor and Mafia & Fluxy with UK and JA singers. Bob Andy's Dub Book As Revealed To Mad Professor (Ariwa 1988) is the only dub companion set to date and employs some original riddims alongside Mad Professor's new reworkings of others while making use of a prototype digital sampler. Also check out the Taj Mahal cover of Desperate Lover from 1976

Of course Bob Andy was an amazing singer in his own right. The humanity & humility in his songs and their simplicity together with his warm, soulful delivery makes listening an endearing and inspiring experience. Four of his own releases are included here. He served widely in an ambassadorial role for reggae music in recent decades, working as head of A&R for Tuff Gong for many years. He also tried his hand at acting and dancing. The Jamaican government conferred the Order of Distinction on Keith "Bob Andy" Anderson in 2006 for his contributions to Jamaican music

Strength Inna The Music - Apple Gabriel Livication

Positive music for tough times...
Finding strength in the music  

Lock down and locked in to rastfm.com

Rewind Show 27/03/2020

Continuous mix 2hrs 18

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Another mixed selection. Some brand new releases rub shoulders with more familiar tracks. Less riddim focused than usual. We start with some Third World style funky reggae, including Prisoner In The Street. Tuff new combination by Anthony B & Lutan Fyah and a heartfelt new song by vereran singer Jay Douglas who teams up with the legendary General Trees!

I had prepared a selection of Apple Gabriel lead & solo tracks to play on this session. Its a tale of tribulation.. But when I heard about Bob Andy & Delroy Washingon I quickly reached for some of their songs too. Andy's Wake Up Everybody resonates strongly in this time. Their music will be cherished for years to come...
Rise In Power!

Free Jah Jah Children (Militant Roots 2)

Militant Roots Pt. 2

More tuff late-70s selections, again many in extended discomix format. The music was changing towards the end of the decade as the new dancehall sound began to emerge though roots & culture still carry the swing. UK-based reggae groups like Aswad & Misty In Roots also gained greater recognition bringing with them a whole different vibe

 

 
Free Jah Jah Children!

Continuous mix 2.5 hours

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Rewind Show on rastfm.com 21 Feb 2020

Tracks mostly from 1976-80 though 2 or 3 were recorded earlier. Quite a few Joe Gibbs Errol Thompson productions, also some Channel One, Talent Corp, DATC & Rockers Int. releases. Check Ferris Thomas' heartical Set Up Yourself for Gibbs. Original 1978 7'' mix of Bob Marley's Rastaman Live Up.

One time in the 90s I came across a heap of reggae records at a junk shop in Turnpike Lane London. So I made a b-line for a cashpoint and bought up the whole lot: I ended up giving the man £70 for well over 200 70s & 80s lps & 12''. That was a day I'll never forget! Loads of really crucial stuff. Among them was the Ghetto-Ology Dub album JA pressing. I already had the vocal lp so I was made up. But what an organic album sleeve!!

This copy actually has a perfect inaudible scratch on one track that loops the beat and it always took me ages to notice. A visiting friend once noted 'man, that's a really psychedelic dub!' It always caught me out haha...

Just Cool Runnings

1st Irie Sundays show on Rastfm

We cool down the tempo just a little for these weekend sessions - much less focused, just thowing down some nice tunes...

EASY ON THE MIND FOR A SUNDAY MORNING
...cool runnings

 

Continuous mix. 2 hours.

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Quite a few of my old records here, scratches n all..

A killer 12''s like The Chantells & Jah Berry on Phase 1, Tony Jackson's Reggae Music on Wackies, Freddie McGregor's Natural Collie, Tyrone Taylor's evergreen Cottage in Negril (I've had this same copy since it came out when i was a likkle yout) and Rock & Groove 12'' on Solomonic. 

Tito Simon's Rocking Time is a Jama 7'' and I included the amazing b-side 'Tito Skank'. Horace Andy revists his Every Tongue Shall Tell classic for Penthouse. Bob Andy revisited his Coxsone classic Going Home in 1983 for his own Anka label. A tuff cut of the Rainbow Country by Stingray. Astounding new single by Beres Hammond. Also watch out for two tracks from Dawna Lee's superb 1999 album Love on MCS.

Siamrootsical Tribute To Garnett Silk

 Special Tribute To Garnett Silk

RastFM #LRM Show 63 10/11/2018

 Tribute to the Silky One, the Arch Angel of reggae music.
Garnett was a one-off. The originality & natrality of his vocals swiftly earned him huge success from 1990 as he teamed up with Anthony "Fire" Rochester & Tony Rebel to write a series of stunning, heavenly songs. One of my favorite artists ever since that time. Most of his biggest tunes are here together with combinations & cameos by nuff other artists.

His influence on the music going forward cannot be overstated. He Tony Rebel & Cocoa Tea flew the cultural flag throughout the dancehall era & their latter success encouraged a whole new generation of rasta artists, man like Buju, Capleton, Luciano, Sizzla, Morgan Heritage and many others, and brought new opportunities to older generations of roots artists. Together they turned the music scene around. Silk's sudden passing in 1994 was a massive shock as it felt like no sooner he'd come as he was taken away. He became an  instant legend which in turn lent the 'nu roots' movement even greater momentum...

Productions from JAMMYS, DIGITAL B, PENTHOUSE, BLACK SCORPIO, EL PASO, STAR TRAIL, TAXI, TAN-YAH, STEELY & CLEVIE, KARIANG, DERRICK MORGAN, ROOFTOP etc...
Also a short focus on his formative years (from the mid-80s) as deejay Little Bimbo and his initial outings as a singer, including work with Sugar Minott's Youth Promotion. Some killer dubplates from Killamanjaro Sound.

Continuous mix. 2hrs 22

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Special thanks & respect to Selector Shikydraks of RastFM
Much gratitude. Ever bless mi breda

Junior Delgado Tribute - Incredible Music

Junior Delgado's Incredible Music

RastFM #LoveReggaeMusic Show #57 22/09/18

Remembering the mighty, the one and only Jux Delgado. From his early sides for the likes of Ethnic Fight, Observer, Black Ark & Rupie Edwards, solo or with vocal groups Time Unlimited & the Heaven Singers, through the classic Rockers, DEB & Incredible Jux releases to his superb later works with Fashion and Adrien Sherwood of On-U Sound. 

 

Some serious dubs by Prince Jammy, Sly & Robbie, Augustus Pablo and Lee Perry plus a few deejay versions and a couple of duets. Essentially a roots reggae mix we also venture onto some of his biggest lovers and dancehall hits later on. Surprise crossover collaborations with Naked Funk, Sofa Surfers and the Jungle Brothers.

This ya one free from sirens, fog horns & other dangerous sonic interferance lol back2basics

I was privilaged to see Jux with Pablo at Leeds University on the Raggamuffin Year tour in '88 - one of the best nights ever! The place was ram and both artists were on fire as were the very youthful Yami Bolo & White Mice who opened the show.

 

Continuous mix. Total 3hrs

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